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Do Democrats have enough time to find a different path to victory?
It's actually not an unusual concept.
Until 1968, presidential candidates were always picked by party conventions.
And that process, though providing less public input, also produced some great nominees.
theconversation.com/until-1968…
#Biden #Election2024 #USPolitics #Histodons @histodons
Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from race
With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.The Conversation
The famous #graduation song is a send-off fit for a king! It was originally written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901, but evolved to be used during ceremonies for accomplished graduates.
The interesting #history:
theconversation.com/how-a-brit…
How a British military march became the distinctive sound of American graduations
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.The Conversation
#OnThisDay, 18 May 1953, Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman pilot to break the sound barrier.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons
Very early #OnThisDay, 6 May 1944, Marguerite 'Peggy' Knight parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance.
Knight fought her way out of an attempted capture, and returned to the UK in September 1944.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1939, French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers element 87, which she later names francium. It was the last element to be discovered naturally.
Perey was a student of Marie Curie, and was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.
#WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM #ScienceHistory #History #Histodons
Happy to share my new article, "Letters from the Ottoman Empire: Migration from the Caucasus and Russia's Pan-Islamic Panic," published by Slavic Review. doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.164
For years, I have been searching for Muslim refugees' letters exchanged between the #Ottoman and Russian empires in the 1850s–1914. I was lucky to find quite a few: in archives in Tbilisi, Baku, Moscow, Vladikavkaz, and Makhachkala and private collections in #Jordan and Dagestan. The article explores the secret transborder #letter exchange of Caucasus Muslims and reactions by #Russia.
I argue that Muslims' letters from the Ottoman Empire fueled the Russian government's paranoia about Pan-Islamism that purportedly threatened Russia's colonial project in the #Caucasus. The Pan-Islamic panic shaped Russia's migration policies and colonial governance, including bans on Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, emigration, and return migration.
#histodon #histodons #history #MiddleEast #Turkey
Letters from the Ottoman Empire: Migration from the Caucasus and Russia's Pan-Islamic Panic | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Letters from the Ottoman Empire: Migration from the Caucasus and Russia's Pan-Islamic Panic - Volume 82 Issue 2Cambridge Core
In 1920, Mamie Smith became the FIRST Black American to record a Blues song. "Crazy Blues” ushered in a new era of "race records.” Previously, white singers copied Black vocal styles in blues recordings, while Black entertainers like Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, & Bessie Smith were confined to the "Chitlin Circuit." Mamie Smith’s success paved the way for black blues & jazz musicians to thrive.
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Joseph Laroche was the only black person of the Titanic’s 2,223 passengers & crew. On April 10, 1912, he joined the ship with his family at Grande Rade harbor, France. Despite enjoying the ship's lavish offerings & dining 1st class, the family faced scorn b/c of their interracial marriage. He went down with the ship. Later, White Star Line apologized for the racism of its crew towards non-white passengers.
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Every year I do an activity on the fugitive slave law & civil disobedience. We talk about whether protest is worthwhile and when, if ever, it's ok to break the law to stand for moral principles.
In past years, most students were pretty cynical & said protest wasn't helpful; they wouldn't risk their own safety and security for civil disobedience. Today, numerous students said that the risk to the country of not protesting for what is right was greater than the personal risk of getting arrested.
What has changed, beyond the random mix of students? My best guess is that the frequency of protests, esp by young people, has an influence, as does the very real sense in their generation that there are serious and urgent problems in the world. That said, when I asked how many of them had ever engaged in protest or civil disobedience, only 3/23 had.
The full lesson is on my website: cassandragoodhistorian.com/202…
#histodons #history #teaching #ethics
A lesson in ethics, slavery, & resistance
Several years ago, I designed a lesson as part of a faculty ethics workshop at Marymount University that has now become one of my favorite discussions of the semester in my early U.S. survey course…Cassandra Good
Tomorrow is my first day of class this semester at Duke University.
For my first year seminar I am asking the students to build and use an astrolabe. It is a great way to both get a physical understanding of the sky, and to really appreciate the sophistication of early astronomy.
The astrolabe was used for centuries to tell the time, navigate, etc. Now you can make and use one too by following the instructions here:
in-the-sky.org/astrolabe/index…
#astronomy #astrodon #histodons #teaching
Make your own astrolabe - 1. Introduction
Make your own model astrolabe, using a cut-and-glue kit.Dominic Ford (In-The-Sky.org)
theregister.com/2003/01/07/dvd…
Are you interested in songs that were sung on French ships during the 17th and 18th century?
Due to popular demand, you can now watch and listen to the recording of the Prize Papers Lunch Talk given by Éva Guillorel (Université Rennes 2) on 12 December 2022 on Youtube.
'Charmante Margerite je te fait mais adieux'. The circulation of French songs on ships in the 17th and 18th centuries
#histodons @histodons @earlymodernmaritimestudies #Music
Prize Papers Lunch Talk: Éva Guillorel: The circulation of French songs on ships (17th-18th century)
Prize Papers Lunch Talks: Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project (Oldenburg/London/Göttingen) organized by Dagmar Freist, Amanda Bevan and Lucas H...YouTube
This is a carbonized loaf of bread from Pompeii, 79 C.E. - preserved for thousands of years in the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. The baker left his stamp, which reads: “Celer, slave of Quintus Granius Verus." Celer is known to have survived the eruption, as his name later appears on a list of "freed men." Most bread at the time was baked in community ovens, so customized stamps were used to mark individual families’ and bakeries’ loaves.
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